First Rain
by Charlotte Herman and Kathryn Mitter
When Abby and her parents move to Israel, she’s excited but also sad: her grandma... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- Middle Eastern
Year Published 2010
Word Count 1,457
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 136389
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Science
- Subject Headings
- Jews
- Grandmothers
- Moving, Household
- Israel
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | Multigenerational
- Grandmothers--Fiction
- Moving, Household--Fiction
- Jews--Fiction
- Israel--Fiction
- Rain and rainfall
- Americans--Israel--Fiction
- Americans
- Rain and rainfall--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | Middle East
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emigration & Immigration
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